website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/event.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Event	event	2022-01-16	/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/cluster-resources/event-v1/	Events are Kubernetes objects that describe some state change in the system.		core-object fundamental

Event is a Kubernetes object that describes state change/notable occurrences in the system.

Events have a limited retention time and triggers and messages may evolve with time. Event consumers should not rely on the timing of an event with a given reason reflecting a consistent underlying trigger, or the continued existence of events with that reason.

Events should be treated as informative, best-effort, supplemental data.

In Kubernetes, auditing generates a different kind of Event record (API group audit.k8s.io).